The Sun. — London, England, 1810-11-29 00:00:00

ha; satisfied himself of the preventive powers of Vac. cinafion, can IT justified, either in practising or in sanClioning the use of Small-Pal. Inoculation.— To those, who, disbelieving in' the efficacy of Cow- I'ix, have resisted the strongest testimony that ever supported anymedical queit ion,we have nothing to say . We are sorry - that; .on" a s.ubjed Of this kind, any individuals'do not eel a# ove.earne.tly wish that all ould .feel-,---. -Btit-Wtytn,nei,ter-irppea.ch their n te ‘grity,--nor reprobate tVicinconsistency. those however, wrio \ i'itnCiw lig 'eliat They posses an abti dote to the ravages of Sall1;poi, and yet become accessory to the propagation of that 'distemper, ano ther I.ingifat , e ought to be spoken. Oar 'Meeting this day, acid. the - whole of. lain previous proceed ings, _are - meant to indicate our abhorrence of such idea, -because we consideF•tt as the destruelive triumph of avarice or timidity, , over professional in tegrity. and, 'independence.' -This most criminal in decision,. has, in our opinion, prolonged the,exist ence of prejudices which might long ago have dis appeared.. Medical men, who know,. and have ad mitted, the advantages of Vaccination, are at least bound to aet-in contermity•with that knowledge.---- A conscientious and explicit avowal of their senti ments, gap-ported and enforced by a manly and con sistent line of conduct, must inspire confidence into the public mind, and factlitate the advancement of a cause, for the success of which every 'good Man must be interested.. We have attempted to do so; and we most- ferveatly - hope, that our endeavours mav not .be in vain., _ _ But while we thus express our opinions of the duties which ought to bled -us, and the rest of our. brethren, we roust at the same time remark, that our best exertions i ill be fruitless, Unless the public feeltng upon these points in .some measure corre sponds with our own. While medical men are held responsible for their professional aEts, it is despotism to attempt to awe them into a practice which their reason and their conscience condeinns.. We feel oursdves calkd upon to resist such , intlnence; and we know, that, by so doing, our Claim to public con fidenceand,esteem should not tae diminished. It we are required to follow the honest decisions of our jtelgtnenls, in the ordinary transactions of our pro tessien, much more is it necessary torus to do so, in a ease , which involves consequences like the present. Did those who employ 'Small-Pox Inoculation expose their _o.vn children only to the dangers of that disease, we might justly bewail their fatal ig 'norathe and obstinacy; but when; in addition to this, they involve a whole district in ihe same perils, tl\fk are guilty of cruelty and injustice, and are ane swerable for evils, the extent of Willa] no human being can calculate. We, dare nbt, with our pre sent knowlcdpV Cow-Pox, become .aCtots in , this-work of deatrii; and we feel the greatest con cern, that the - - question, .reTecting the dissemina tion of a plague, should lie, at the mercy' of any individual. • • Were the evidence in four of Cow-Pox infinite ly less petted than it is, the circumstances which we have stated will always claim the most serious consideration from every benevolent mind ; and, when trey shall have been as accurately and exten sively examined as they should be, we confidently pett a deterininanop in unison with our wishes. Should our attempts to. accelerate this event prove unsuccessful, we shall at least enjoy the satisfaction of believing, de.. we have not negleaed the means which have been placed within our reach, of confer enig a substantial benefit upon our race; and we know that they are at this; instant greater than ever were posws. , eci by the members of our profession at dr: any fniene.r pe,iud. BRI I'lS 11 ItEill IV. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE REPORT OF THE BULLION Cl/W.1127LE. BY CHAHLItS BOSANQULT, (Continued.) The basis of the arguments of the Committee, to . the examination of which I now proceed, is that which I have already stated in page 8, as the first proposition, viz. " that the difference of ex change, resulting from the state of trade told pay ments between two countries is limited by the ex pence of conveying and insuring the priicions metals from one country to the other; at least,,that it can not, for any considerable time, exceed that limit :" (Rep. p. t i.) therefore, all excess of depression on the exchange, beyond the expence of conveyance, J. to be attributed to depreciation of our currency. This proposition is so fully admitted, and ko broad ly stated, in each of the puhlicati,,ns to which I have alluded, that it is trot evert guarded ny the con'. , Onion, that the country, by which the balance of payments is doe, shallp , ss'..:ss bullion or specie . suf ,ticieht to liquidate it ; but, boldly as the principle is assertrd, and strongly as reason appear to sanction it; I insist that it is not generally true, and that. it is at variance with fact.' . It is staled, in the Report, irons the evidence be fore the Committee of i 797, that the average ex pence afthat time, of conveying specie from Lon don to klainburgh, was. per cent. yet, on re= ference io the course of exelkatige_witit Hamburgh, in Mr. Mushelt's tables, it appears that, from the beginning of 17u7 to tho middle of 1799, the ex change was corn ivally.in ta% our of Great Britain, more than take the_ ex pence of cone e) big gold;' ai;cl for eighi, en months of that time, t i ,to t per cent iii our Lwow', (Jr tram 7 to 8 per cent. beyond such-exigence; nor dues ihr profit appear to have occasioned any consideraWe importatiutk of gold, v, hie?), during this pericd, _rose to the mint-price, although fur several years lx.lure, it had, nominally atleast; been below it. In the years 1704 to 1768, prior to the recoin age, when the ini, erfe& state of the coins occa sioned sold to be 5.! to 3 per cent, above the mint price, We exchange with Paris was 8 to 9 pre cent. against London,—at the same time the exchange with Hamburg:; was, during the whole peliod,- 2 to 6 per cent in favour of London; here appears, then, a profit of 12'to 14'per Cent. for the expellee, in tune of peace, of paying the debt to Paris with gold fibm iiiiianygh,. which must have exceeded tlie'fati by at least 8 or to per cent. ; and it is wor thy of remark, that the, average exchange with . , -Hatuburgir; for the years 1766 311 a 1 1 7 6 7, ® f `; per cent in favour of Loudon, added to 2 per cent.4the • price of gold' above the' iblivt-prfiee; constituted a premium of 7:per cent. on-the importation of gold into England, or, deducting 1 per • cent. for ex- • . penits in time of peace, ana profit-of 5 per cent, yet the exchange was not rectified thereby.-- Again, in 1.775, 6, and 7, after the recoinage, we find _the._excliange on Paris 5. 6,7, and per cent. ° against London in time of peace; when hill the amount would haile conveyed gold to Paris, and one-fourth have paid the debts of Paris at Am sterdam. In the years 1781, 2, and 3, being years of war, the exchange was constantly from 7 to 9 per cent. in favour of Paris; and, during this period, gold Was. the common circul ttiou •of • rhis - country, and the Bank was compelled to provide it for the public at the mint;price.—lt his been already shewn,- how little effed the precious metals pro duced towards equalising the exchange with Ham burgh, during the years 1797 and 1798 ; and alio ther instance maybe adduced in the years 1804 and 1805, when the Paris exchange varied from 7 to 9 per cent. in favour of Gondol , . In every case here cited; iLe fluauations of the exchanges greatly exceeded ihe expence of convey ing gold from one country to the other, and to a much greater degree in most of them than in the present instance; the circumstances of the times were, it will readily . be admitted; more favourable to intercourse, on those 'occasions; than they now 'are, and the state of metallic tirculatien afforded fa cilnies-not now experienced here. Yet, under all these advantage's,- the principle assumed by the C,immittee was not operative, 'and cannot there- Jore be admitted as a solid foundation for the su perstructure of excess and depreciation, attetopted to be raised upon it. If it be said that probably, on these several oc casions; gold was propartionably dear on the sot to which the exchange was- unfavourable; I admit the.fact as probable, because I am without eviueuce respeding it ; but, if the price of gold abroad erol • ters necessarily into the calculation of the natural 'limit of depression of the ex - change, then the tour e of foreign exchanges, rectified by, the expense of sending gold abroad, does not form a just criterion of the adequacy or excess of our circulating Me dium. ARRIVED-1 Dublin. Du z- I Cadiz, t Dublin, i Water- turd. PRICE OP STOCKS TIUS DAY Aj TWELI! Consols - - 67 661 j Uranium N.' SOLE:A QUIS UlCik6 FALSUM AUDIi.AbT? L N D THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1810. Windsor Castle, Nov. zS, ISt°, Nine_ o' C lock, P.M. " His MAJESTY is not quite so well this evening as he was in the morning. " H. R. REYNOLD 3. " H. HALFORD. " W. 1 - IEBEEDEN. " M. BAILLIE. " R. WILLIS." Windsor Castle, Nov. 29, zBio. His MAJESTY has passed a quiet night, and is rather better this morning." . _ Signed as above. . We' feel the most sincere satisfaction in being enabled to state, that the result of the examination of the Physicians yesierday, before the Privy/ Council, was most gratifying. ' All the Physicians who have been in attendance upon his MAJESTY (with the exception of Dr. BAILIE) were examined, and, they' were, we understand, unanimously of Opinion, that his MAJESTY'S health would soon be sufficiently restored to enable 'him to attend 'to business. Dr. BAILIE was not: examined yesterday, 'because it was necessary that oneol the Physicians should remain at Windsor, in attendance 'upon his MAJE,TY :—he will be examined this day. The opinion of the . Physicians, as taken before the Pricy Council, will be laid before the two Houses of P.irliament, and the same course of pro- Oeeding will, we understand, be proposed, as was adopterm 1788. We have beard, but we know not with what truth, that this course is to be opposed by Sir 'FRANCIS BIIRDE'ri 4nd his friends. • Mr. DUNDASS, of Richmond, who has for many years been in medical attendance on His MAJESTY is, we understand, to be included the examina tion before the Privy Council this day. Upwards of 1000 artillery horses are, it is said; •-- to be- itninediately etnbarked for Portugal. It is &so sai4 that nearly all the etfedive infantry in the kiiigcluen, with two brigades of cavalry, are to be embarked without delay for the same :destination. A siilernn Dirge and Hight Mass were yesterday performed in South-street Chapel for the late Queen of France., It consisted - cf selections from the fol:ow , tug eminent Masters, viz. MOZART, PERGOLESI, PR IIEZ, PoturobALLo, and Dr. ARNE.—The principal parts were performed by Messrs. FITZSIMONS, No- VELLO and HAWES ; accompanied on the Organ by VINCENZA NOVELLO, Oiganist to the Por tuguese Embassy. A great number of the No bility and Gentry attended. The Duke and Duchess of ANGOULESME, Comte D'AtiTots, Prince CAS• TELCICALA, Countess DE FRONT, Lady MARY ORBNYILLS, Scc. &c. were present. N AVAL NE WS. PLYINiOUTII, Nov. 27.—The Juno; MAY, that ars rived' here yesterday from Oporto, last froin Vigo, spoke on the 22d inst. the John; of Lancaster, in lat. 46. 0. N. look. 9. O.NCr. all well. The Juno brings ;intelligence that during a' heavy gale' of wind at Vigo, ,the vessels Queen. of -A pies, belonging to the Orkney Islands, Captain SreNcE, and the Bril liant, belcinging to Liverpool, Captain YUUNG, both from Oporto, with cargoes of wine, bound to Eng land, drove ashore and were wrecked: Crews sup posed to be saved. We stated that the Britannia ; hired ,cutter that is arrived here from Cada, parted company, with five sail of transports bOund to England, on the 18th in stant, during a gale of wind, and the following are their naipes, viz. Hero, Argo, Britannia, and Peace. Went into harbour his Majesty's ship Gittaltar, of 74 guns. Siiled his Majesty's ship Foxhound, of 18 guns, with the and Sarah transport under con- voy for Lisbon. Sailed his Majesty's ship Scyllq,,of 18 guns, Capt. ATCHESONT', 'on a cruize in Ibe Cli,Uinel.• • PORTSMOUTH, Nov. iB.—Arrived the Bonne,Ci toyenne sloop of war from Quebcc ; sailed the 28th ult. with a large fleet ; also the lievense man of war, from oil' ClierOotngli. Sailed the DeXtetous, with a convoy for the Downs. The West India and Lisbon convoys are brought up ►n Cowes itbads; and are (expected to sail in the 11101 mpg. FALMOUTH, Nbv:26.—Sailed the Duke of Marl borough.. packet for Plyinouth ; the Princess Eliza beth' packet for Lisbon ; E4ress packet, for Jamaica; Adventure paCket for America; NoCion packet for Cadiz; and the Dispatch packet Torl3erbice, Suri naM, &c. all remain here wind bound. 'DEAL, Nov. 28.—Came down from the River his.l)4 l ;tic‘ sty's ships ICangaroo and' MOLL, Nov.'26.Yesterday se'nnight, at four in the ,atternoon, a lugger privateer was seen cap turing a schooner off Flamborotigh Head. An ex press was 'difeet:y forwarded to this place with the intelligence; and as soon atter the receipt of it as practicable, the 114)odlark sloop Of war, Captain WATTS, proceeded , from the Humber in pursuit of the privateer and her prize. On Wednesday she returned, having been una4le to fall in with them, —The Lightning sloop of war,-however; was Wthe fortunate. in corning tram the Baltic, with twu prizes, she tell 'in with the privateei on Tuesday off the Dogger Bank, and alter a chase of, ten ,hours , in which the ,privateer carried away her foremast, succeeded in 'capturing her,-and---brought- her into the Humber on Wednesday evening: She is under French colours, carries 14 guns and 60 'men. She was yesterday brought up to this port. The schooner was sunk by the enemy, shortly after her capture. Accounts from Oporto to thebth inst. brought by thePersian' sloop of war, were received yesterday. — The intelligence respecting/the military operations is neither so recent nor so well authenticated as that which has been received from Lisbon. It was re aod generally . believed at 0,/orto, that the Frencti . had been repulsed in more than one attempt to cross the Zezere; but at what points, or by what description of force there appears to have been very impeded information. The following letter, said. be from Colonel TRANT to a friend at Oporto, was transmitted from' theke. The writer of the letter enclosing it has unfortunately omitted to state the name of the person to whom it was addressed : ‘‘ MY FRIENA, " Coimbra, OCR. 23, " .1 have news from Abrantes of the 24th, from the Zezere of the same date, and the neighbour hood of Thomar to the, 26th. All the accounts agree in stating, that the enemy. appeared desirous to secure the means of their retreat by crossing the Zezere, or by_ the high way of Cabacos and Figueiro dos Vinitos, that is, by the way of Thomar (the old road). The enemy are daily repuked from Pun hete, and from other parts of the Banks of the zere. " I have no news from Marshal BERESFORD more recent t!ian the ‘2o,b, when he wrote me in full confidence cot vittoiy, it the enemy should olli•r bat tle. But alp bough we have been in sight' of him for ten days, he 'has not dated to molest us. It appears from all we eau Collett, that the French are' much disgusted with ti,e ennpaign, aid this they publicly avow, .even in.the army itself. v " lam sincerely yours,,Bcci ‘‘ N. LUNT. 1 1 . S. " SfLVEIFIA on the 27th was at Cabeso Ne= gro, and on the 28th he summoned the town to sum nder." The Persian left Vigo as, late as the 21st inst. but from thence she bas brought nothing new, Recent advices from France state, that a paper currency to a considerable extent was expeoted to be issued, to supply ►he great scarcity of specie oc casioned by the heavy remittances to various parts of Germany, to liquidate the duties on Colonial produce. • POLTRT. THE LAST TOKEN ; OR, " REWErvitER 71. •$* WRITTEN o THE'PRINCESS AMELIA'S mouitNoll. SENT TO HIS MAJESTY. I'ETER I'INDAR, Esq.' . • THls - musie BY ,H. R. BISHOP• With all the virtues blest, add ev'ry grace. To charm the .Vorld, and dignify her race,. Life's taper losing fast its feeble tire, The rair AIYI ELIA thus bespoke her Sire ,Faint on the bed of sickness lying. ' My spirit from its rnanion Not long the light these languid eyei will • My Friend, my Father, and my'Kingt, Oh wear a Daugliteri mournful hog, Receive the token, and reinembefme DUBLIN, Nov. 2i. 0E; On the evening of Thursday last, and - so elr' r l l, •oe' i between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, men, armed with blunderbusses and pistol q, 'l 5 , by .violence the dk.velling of the Rev. Mr. Pa t ' c o s near Passage, and within a short d ktance of Ge n Barracks, 'county Waterford. Having •seiz e , d birti man-servant in the kitchen, they cu min - ant/ 0 t he twthwith to take a candle, 2nd conduct then ) t , (/ ‘ ," to parlour, where his, master was sitting, and 11'5" the bed chamber, where he kept his arms. v The man upon this ran before them to th e Po dr lour door, and told his master that he wag the kitchen ; Mr. Roberts immediately ros - c' its the intention of following his ,servant, sofir',o from the noise and bustle which, he had for sth:'' time heard, that his presence was regained ob gisterial business ; but before he bad tir(le t° re id the parlour dour, six or seven of the Vog in, and presenting a blunderbuss and pistols t ° N p, breast, told him they were code for arms! for ,L) Roberts replied that there was no necessilY Je many surrounding him with arms, as be "" \ t t fenceless and could make no resistance, b ut t ''' r ato would accompany them to the room where were. This proinise he immediately e xecute' v o s ' pointed_ out to them the only arms he had in "L s i l o r session, consisting of a blunderbuss and tb` v piece. kind t t Whilst one of the party was employed i n ( 1)el down thil arms . from the. chimney over whi rl ' hung, another, who appeired to be extreulelYpe tated, filed off the pistol he had in his Wild', 10 4 report of 'the shot so alarined Mrs: Rohe' ts, w 11 " 1 1 ) 3D remained - in the parlour with her d at ighter s ' iv or she ran out, thi i nking that ,4):!r husband '0 4 ,, I to' dere), and ihat they had Withdrawn hi n 3 other town for that purpose. Wnen she 3 1'P l 'oftf, ed the bed-chatnber door, she met one of e th-or , with a - pistol' in his hand; which-she laid." 1":„ and begged that they would 'kill her 304 husband,. To this the man replied,rourhusband " Madan) , ' 1°1) , ( 0' alarmedalarmed''neither von, nor o n, • of' y, y shalrbe injured; we have got what '''' e .rivo ed—Arms.',' While-- in the bed-charnbe r, ' la c! i ll : demanded of Mr. Roberts What powder Il e " ri the house ? Mr. RobLrtS answered liebid After this they left the l'Anase in the sante 0)311-,,.10.• which -they-had -enterer it,- taking with the' .fowling piece and blunderbuss. , t r e 2r e ''' These . particulars may be iefied upon. also, authorised to state, that Me. Robert s 5111:1140' the pistol which was tired to have gone off a cc n 0 1 ? ally, probably through the tremor of the n3- c lit ' o' l Itid it ; he is at any rate convinced, from its •fiitlre tiori when fired, that it was not intended t0,i.j.,12e1t him, 'a belief in which be is still further 0 1 1 ' 1 , -lid' from the condu6t of another of the party, wL i ii ( " 5 0 V he had a.great mind to knock him (the 1113- t ire fired the pistol) down, for thus alartning • mily." MURAT, 5, THE OF 111 E CROWN OF N' 4 " - yOS 6' EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFIC 6II Pg ING TO ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP S ' t '9' OlfPera Poi Pry ' t ro It has been one of the finest days iw agi ,, rj‘ and I never saw Murat so plain and far so I ° l '` !,, is a .'fine looking tall man, with much s o ql 3 ,.ssi i , manner ; so that' with the pompous roy 3 ' Wears; he appears like a Pizarro on the s ta g e ' c lro lll . ; ; cocked , hat is edged with broad feathers Irby majors, and lie wears a large plume !' coat sword-belt is embroidered, and his sord-belt ve r y g l:v el he had on white pan:Moons and a scarlet sol Or ; ( .1 11 , 1 He walked' uncommonly quick, and- s e r, e ie, f 6s ;4 speak to every body • without stopping ; 11-11 concourse of mob following .him verY cl ° _, se p . rou s , ; A suite, when on' foot; was not very nu' c erc' but when he mounted, it might hav nir e ;i e sti l t tor a raree-show at Astley's. His f horses are ,in attendance near him wbe : r ':, l .o ° ': goes. As soon as he rnounted, tWo of 1119 'of 9.1 f whichare called Holans ( o r some no,ille milar sound), set off to, clear the road a-bitiOe'ojetiii each other ; three Officers next singly then his Majesty, with four Gentlernaa in ante near him ; next four tut - criers ; aft er o' l° followed .his twelve budy,tuards ; and, la iti i‘ lale groo.ns with led herseS. i have omitted 111°: !uke, who is a great favourite, and alway s His Hulans ate of a very curioui descripti° wear square caps and horsernen'6 \ diesse s ' i b h u much trappings about them, like those of ,ern nations;—their arms are a 'spear, wbic),oei charge with, the hilt being rested in 3 s° `, ; ; , el io the wrist, and steadied with the right 110 7, other, they :carry a sinall bander o( a. d to frighten the cavalry they are opposed to , , Ahem An . disorder; all' are mounted' 01 ' w n - s ioV, horses, and the show is very gaudy and Murar, himself, sits well on hotsebaek, e leans back like most cavalry officers. I ‘ l °,f ) , (0 ° ?; saw gave me so much the idea of an a''' - to Murat by his manner. He seemed nev er ;A f f t". single moment, and in walking made aston'-- - gress by the length of his legs." S' An a l Settingha ha d sal ( a "; 0 1ab de mand °' v e sati ['rill ; ~t ti ll , Pion hea r( f rftt c i he ( 4, the as w bel;e has re the th e 1 ;; i fo ttt,i and to tided ly eLfll ir° nl t a ccow, 11. 041 th ey ( letai nt fiv e /), th4res Ay 4 14 4 t. from b" (c t w th eir fi e ver, ar °"ss